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Blog Archive (April 2011)

By Theodora Filis,
It has been 12 years since the world’s first GM crop, the Flavr Savr tomato, was commercially approved, and hundreds more GM varieties were granted deregulation status. The global area of GM crops has reached 102 million hectares, according to industry sources, though this has been strongly contested around the world.
In August 2006, a federal district judge in Hawaii... more

By Ralph Loglisci,
The editors of Scientific American recently encouraged U.S. hog farmers to "follow Denmark and stop giving farm animals low-dose antibiotics." Sixteen years ago, in order to reduce the threat of increased development of antibiotic resistant bacteria in their food system and the environment, Denmark phased in an antibiotic growth promotant ban in food animal production.... more

The following is a cover letter sent on behalf of Dr. Don Huber, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University, to the EU and UK commissions at their request to provide a more detailed explanation of his January 17th letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. His letter was sent in advance of the approval of Roundup Ready alfalfa requesting a delay of USDA approval and also for support for further... more

Yes... you read that correctly. The Telegraph reported today that scientists have created genetically modified cattle to produce human milk. IF this were printed on a day earlier on April Fool's, it may have been more appropriate as a joke, but alas it is simply absurd and scary.
The scientists behind the research believe milk from herds of genetically modified cows could provide an... more